In a surprising twist from the battlefield, a Ukrainian YAK-52 reportedly shot down a drone. We’re revisiting how this humble trainer aircraft pulled off an actual combat kill. Senate Democratic ...

MOSCOW, November 7. /TASS/. A Yak-52 plane made a crash landing on water in the city of Samara in the middle reaches of the Volga River, its two crew members were saved, a spokesman for the Samara ...

Yak-52 The Yakovlev Yak-52 is a tandem seat, radial engine, trainer aircraft that served as the primary aircraft trainer for the Soviet Union and many other nations. Introduced in 1979 ...

One such iconic warplane was the Yakovlev Yak-3—which would go on to become the mainstay of Soviet aviation during the Second World War, and influence the nation’s aircraft for decades more.

MOSCOW, June 16. /TASS/. A private Yak-52 plane crashed in the Altai Territory, a source with the emergency services of the region told TASS. "According to preliminary data, there were two pilots ...